Easton Press 1979 Collectors Edition, The Essays Of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Description: As new condition full genuine leather boards with original elaborate gilt decorations deeply embossed into the rich, genuine leather front and rear covers. Part of the publisher's "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Publisher: The Easton Press (1979), Collector's Edition, 262 numbered pages. Material: Full leather. Weight: 9.9 ounces Condition: Fine. Bound in full decorated reddish-tan leather stamped in 22kt gold, without dust jacket, as published; reddish-tan silk moire end sheets (fading slightly at the edges) with a matching silk book ribbon; pages are Smyth-sewn into the binding for permanence. Archival-quality paper, page edges gilded on three sides. Bound in the publisher's original full leather with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Five raised hubs on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers. Hinges very sturdy.